AMA: Cisco Director of Product Management, Yogesh Paliwal on Product Development Process
April 4 @ 10:00AM PT
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to these questions after the event in case you can't make it.
How do you prevent rogue engineers from slipping in features that are good but not prioritized?
What is your end-to-end product development process?
What is the right PM to Eng ratio? I’m the first PM and we have 8 engineers and 1 Designer.
What role do engineers have in planning which features you build in the sprint? How do I get buy-in without giving them control?
We have a small product and eng team, and are too early to have QA. Do you recommend we have eng test their own features? Is this the job of the product? Also should we have QA as part of our sprint, or the subsequent sprint?
What activities do you include engineering in when working through problem statements?
What activities do you do to help set expectations between development and upper leadership?
How do you ensure that the engineering team understands all the scopes of the project?
When is it the appropriate time for QA? Who is responsible for quality when working in such a small team?
Who is involved in assessing the problems you choose to tackle?
For API products, how do you push back against engineers who believe they know what to build because they "are" the target user?
How do you get inspiration for product design when it comes to designing a new product?
After gathering all the requirements and having great insights into users pinpoints, studied competitors, and market trends, How do you then get the inspiration for design layout before talking to your designer to translate all of this into an intuitive user experience
Do you have a product operations function? How do they support the development process?
How are PMs that worked on products across multiple industries perceived while evaluating for a PM role in a new/different industry? How can they sell themselves better? Wouldn't the outside perspective bring fresh external breath to the existing product ecosystem? Learning from the best practices in other industries can help immensely, isn't it? Your thoughts?
E.g. A PM with experience working on products across industries like Telecom, CGR, BFS, Insurance etc applying for a PM role in a product company that is in healthcare space. How can they sell themselves?